Polishing Stainless Steel
Refining stainless steel is much of a skill, a discipline, and quite a vital route for attaining metal surfaces that gleam ... Read More
Polishing Machined Brass
Machined Brass As a relatively soft metal, brass can be easily machined and polished. The brass part above has clearly indicated ... Read More
Polishing Brass Jewelry
Brass Jewelry Polishing The above picture shows a piece of brass jewelry directly after molding and shaping (left) and a finished ... Read More
Polishing Stainless Steel
After heat treating and laser cutting stainless steel parts, the edges generally need to be deburred and the surface needs to ... Read More
Cartridge Brass – Study (Part II)
Dirty Cartridge Brass Casings In the last post we discussed the differences in performance between vibratory tumbling and barrel tumbling to ... Read More
Two-Step Polishing
The far left in the picture shows a laser-cut, stainless steel part with sharp edges and heavy burrs. The goal is ... Read More
Polishing Machined Aluminum
Polishing machined aluminum is a delicate art—transforming raw, rugged metal parts into smooth, gleaming end products. The process is not merely ... Read MoreAuto Parts Polishing
Question: I am interested in starting a metal polishing business mainly for car parts. I am wondering if your wet tumblers ... Read More
Polishing Copper
Oxidized copper / Two options – polished pieces Upon storage and exposure to air and moisture, may metals will oxidize and ... Read More
Brass Cartridge Polishing
As a follow-up to a previous post, we continue to see lots of success with brass cartridge polishing for reloading. These ... Read More
Grinding & Polishing Steel Blades
The process of taking a piece of hardened steel and grinding it down to the proper shape and design and then ... Read More
Grinding & Polishing Steel
The two pictures below show both the handle area and the blade point on a steel part that has been prepared ... Read MorePewter Polishing – Vibratory Tumbling
Many small-run, decorative pewter manufacturers either hand polish or have smaller equipment for polishing cast pewter parts. While we have detailed ... Read MoreSteel – Clean & Polish
Removing heavy rust (picture above) off steel can be accomplished successfully using an abrasive blasting process. While effective, the etched finish ... Read MorePolishing Hardened Steel
The process of hardening steel using heat treatments, annealing and quenching can produce scale and blackening on the surface. In addition ... Read More
